Oliver Dickinson has written a scholarly, accessible and up-to-date introduction to the prehistoric civilizations of Greece. The Aegean Bronze Age saw the rise and fall of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The cultural history of the region emerges through a series of thematic chapters that treat settlement, economy, crafts, exchange and foreign contact, and religion and burial customs. Students and teachers will welcome this book, but it will also provide the ideal companion for amateur archaeologists visiting the Aegean.

Winner of One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Books for 1995

Introduction

Terminology and chronology The natural environment and resources The first human populations Settlement and economy Arts and crafts Burial customs Trade, exchange, and overseas contact Religion

Oliver Dickinson has written a scholarly, accessible and up-to-date introduction to the prehistoric civilizations of Greece. The Aegean Bronze Age saw the rise and fall of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. The cultural history of the region emerges through a series of thematic chapters that treat settlement, economy, crafts, exchange and foreign contact, and religion and burial customs. Students and teachers will welcome this book, but it will also provide the ideal companion for amateur archaeologists visiting the Aegean.

Winner of One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Books for 1995

Table of Contents

Introduction

Terminology and chronology The natural environment and resources The first human populations Settlement and economy Arts and crafts Burial customs Trade, exchange, and overseas contact Religion